[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3826 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3826

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
the maximum amount of an award available under the Department of State 
  rewards program for information leading to the capture of Osama bin 
                                 Laden.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2007

  Mr. Boren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
the maximum amount of an award available under the Department of State 
  rewards program for information leading to the capture of Osama bin 
                                 Laden.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM RELATING TO THE CAPTURE 
              OF OSAMA BIN LADEN.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) the capture in any country of Osama bin Laden.''.
    (b) Increase in Amount of Reward for Capture of Osama Bin Laden.--
Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended, in the second sentence, 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, except 
that the Secretary may authorize a reward of up to $500,000,000 for the 
capture or information leading to the capture of Osama bin Laden, in 
accordance with subsection (b)(8)''.
    (c) Plan of Action.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan to maximize 
awareness of the reward available under paragraph (8) of section 36(b) 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2708(b)) (as added by subsection (a)(3) of this Act) for information 
leading to the capture of Osama bin Laden. The Secretary may use the 
resources of the rewards program to prepare the plan.
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